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Swim Team Retracts Request for Meet
The Big Sandy City Council met Monday night to vote on whether to move forward with the Big Sandy Barracudas’ request to hold a swim meet in Big Sandy on July 25-26th. Before the vote could take place, the Barracudas coach, Travis Baumann told the c...
A New Pool for Big Sandy - The Reboot
In 2017, a joint project between the City of Big Sandy and Big Sandy Public Schools presented a bond proposal to the voters to build a new pool for the residents of Big Sandy. Proponents and opponents...
Barracudas Place Second at Conrad Meet
The 2020 swim season has proven to be an interesting one, with most meets canceled throughout the federation. Conrad received approval to host a 7-team meet this last Saturday, in which the...
First Ever Swim Meet was a Success!
Mother Nature provided a perfect day for the first-ever Big Sandy Swim Meet. Warm temperatures and a gentle breeze made for an enjoyable day outside minus the mosquitoes. Thirty-three Barracudas took...
Barracudas to hold meet this Saturday
The Big Sandy Barracudas, under the direction of coaches Travis Baumann and Connie Reichelt, are back in the pool for their 9th season as a team. 36 swimmers are on the team this year and while they have taken to the pool to begin their summer...
Proulx and Gasvoda Receive of "Spirit of a Pioneer Award"
The Big Sandy High School Athletic Department is pleased to award the inaugural "Spirit of a Pioneer Award" to Brock Proulx and Bailey Gasvoda. Over the last two years, our school, Booster Club and...
Science Olympians Bring Home Gold in Water Quality
The Big Sandy Science Olympiad teams competed at the state event in Bozeman on November 25th-26th. The junior high team placed 24th out of 51 teams and the high school placed 22nd out of 47 teams. In...
MHSA and Booster Clubs: rules have changed
The Montana High School Association (MHSA) is the governing body for all high school athletics, music and speech and drama in Montana. It sets rules in regards to participation eligibility, coaching expectations, contest administration and many other...
Barracudas Place 4th at State in Sidney
The Big Sandy Swim Team ended their season with a 4th place finish in the Class A division at the Montana Federation State Swim Meet. The Chinook Lions, who are traditionally a Class AA team, took...
Barracudas Take Third at Divisional Meet, head to State in Sidney
The Big Sandy Swim Team placed third at the Western Divisional Swim Meet held in Cut Bank this weekend. Twenty- seven swimmers qualified for the state meet next week in Sidney. Earning high point...
Barracudas Take Third in Chester
The Big Sandy Swim Team competed in their last regular season meet of the year this weekend in Chester. They scored 622 points to finish third behind Bitterroot (833) and Columbia Falls (634). Earning...
Barracudas place 1st in Choteau and take 3rd in Columbia Falls
The Big Sandy Swim Team had 38 of their 39 swimmers in the water this weekend. They scored 601 individual points, outpacing the Columbia Falls Swim Team to win the Choteau Lions Invitational Swim Meet. Four Barracudas earned high point honors this...
Barracudas Win Season Opener
The Big Sandy Swim Team placed first as a team at the Harlem Swim Meet, outscoring second place Chinook by nine points. The team also brought home five high-point trophies and set three new pool...
Four Pioneers Advance to State in Laurel
The Class C Northern Divisional Track Meet was held May 16th at Memorial Stadium in Great Falls. The Pioneers advanced four athletes to the state meet to be held May 24-25 in Laurel. Divisional...
Pioneer Boys Bring Home 9C Silver
The Big Sandy boys track team captured second place at the District 9C track meet on May 8th. The team scored a total of 78 points, to edge out the tied 3rd place finishers NorthStar Knights and...
Big Sandy Students prove they are Superior at State Music Festival
The Big Sandy High School music program qualified twenty events for the state music festival held at Helena High School on May 3rd & 4th. Under the direction of Susan Walker and with the preparation o...
Fairfield-Belt Invite and Top 8 Results
The Pioneers competed in two track meets this week, the Fairfield Belt Invitational and the Cascade Top 8. Thirty one teams were invited to the Fairfield-Belt meet, which featured the majority of the... Full story
Pioneer Track Results
The Pioneer track athletes competed in two meets this past week: The Cal Wearly Memorial in Havre and the Choteau Acantha in Choteau. The Havre track provided its typical cold and windy conditions throughout the day. Despite the weather, the boys...
Pioneers Compete in Season Opener
The Pioneer track team competed in Cut Bank this past weekend in their first track meet of the season. Despite frigid morning conditions that postponed the jumping events for two hours, the boys came...
Big Sandy students win honors at regional Science fair
Five Big Sandy High School students competed in the Hi-Line Regional Science Fair at MSU Northern on March 5th. Hope Gasvoda, a junior, will be representing the Hi-Line at the Intel International...
Science Olympiad earns second place in Small School and 11th over all in Bozeman
The Big Sandy High School and Junior High Science Olympiad teams competed in Bozeman this last week at their state competition. The high school team finished second in the small schools division and...
Barracudas are Class A State Champions!
The Big Sandy swimmers concluded their 2018 season by winning the state championship in Class A of the Montana swimming federation; their highest achievement since the formation of the team seven...
Barracudas to Swim in Class A at the State Meet
Big Sandy has the smallest school enrollment of the twenty-two towns that complete in the summer swimming federation. However, division determination for swimming is different than for school sports. Unlike MHSA, which places teams in divisions...
Barracudas Place 3rd in the Western Division, will swim Class A at State Meet
The Big Sandy Swim Team brought home a third place trophy from the Western Divisional Swim Meet in Choteau this weekend. The Barracudas scored 639 points to finish behind the swimmers from Bitterroot...
Barracudas finish 2nd in Fort Benton
The Big Sandy Swim Team competed with a full team in their last regular season meet for the summer in Fort Benton this last weekend, scoring 876 points to take home a second place trophy. The...
